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Feds claims just 7% of available funds from OPM breach settlement, remainder returns to Treasury

ID: 26cf71dc-de4c-51be-8505-97205e515d05

STIX ID: report--26cf71dc-de4c-51be-8505-97205e515d05

Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2025-01-04

Date Updated: 2026-05-13

Author: Dissent

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The article describes the post-2015 OPM data breach settlement: although the breach affected over 22.1 million people and a $63 million fund was established for financial hardship claims, only roughly $4.8 million was disbursed to about 5,000 individuals, with the remainder slated to return to the Treasury; the piece also questions the uptake and cost of identity protection services contracted by OPM.

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